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2023 In Panama
The following lists events in the year 2023 in Panama. Incumbents * President of Panama, President: Laurentino Cortizo * Vice President of Panama, Vice President: Jose Gabriel Carrizo, José Gabriel Carrizo Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Panama * 15 February – Gualaca bus crash: At least 39 Illegal immigrant, illegal immigrants are killed in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, when their bus, intended to be driven to the United States, falls off a cliff. * 3 September – Panama, Panamanian Association football, professional footballer Gilberto Hernández (footballer), Gilberto Hernández is shot dead and seven others are wounded by gunmen in Colón, Panama, Colón. * 8 November - A 77-year-old man with Dual Americans, American-Panamanian citizenship shoots and kills two people protesting a mining contract in front of news cameras. Sports * Scheduled October / November – Panama at the 2023 Pan American Games Deaths *1 February – Lucy Quintero, folk singer (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Its capital and largest city is Panama City, whose metropolitan area is home to nearly half the country's million people. Panama was inhabited by indigenous tribes before Spanish colonists arrived in the 16th century. It broke away from Spain in 1821 and joined the Republic of Gran Colombia, a union of Nueva Granada, Ecuador, and Venezuela. After Gran Colombia dissolved in 1831, Panama and Nueva Granada eventually became the Republic of Colombia. With the backing of the United States, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903, allowing the construction of the Panama Canal to be completed by the United States Army Corps of En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |